Michigan State Police said its not planning to launch its helicopter for a search just across the Michigan-Indiana state line just yet; however, last night MSP did use its chopper to search for the fugitive in the Ionia County area. The FBI tells FOX 17 it is now involved in the investigation, but MSP is still heading the search.

According to Russ Marlan, Michigan Department of Corrections: Michael Elliot escaped through a vulnerable spot in fencing. Marlan said, “It appears he (Elliot) created
a hole at the bottom of the two perimeter fences of the correctional facility
and then crawled through those holes.”

FOX 17 just got off the phone with a business owner in the area of Tennessee 49 and Old Clarksville Pike outside of Nashville, TN. The business owner said cops were outside of a the Sudden Service #4 gas station at about 6:30am central time. They were there for about two hours. A couple of news vans showed up briefly, then left. We are still working to get a hold of authorities in the area to see if they are working anymore leads.

UPDATE: 6:45 a.m.: A
man serving a life sentence for a quadruple murder escaped a Michigan
jail Sunday night and is reported to have been possibly sighted this in
Cheatham County this morning at a gas station on Old Clarksville Pike at
Hwy. 49. FOX 17 has is awaiting word from Cheatham County for
confirmation.

UPDATE: 6:45 a.m.: A
man serving a life sentence for a quadruple murder escaped a Michigan
jail Sunday night and is reported to have been possibly sighted this in
Cheatham County this morning at a gas station on Old Clarksville Pike at
Hwy. 49. FOX 17 has is awaiting word from Cheatham County for
confirmation.

UPDATE: 6:45 a.m.: A
man serving a life sentence for a quadruple murder escaped a Michigan
jail Sunday night and is reported to have been possibly sighted this in
Cheatham County this morning at a gas station on Old Clarksville Pike at
Hwy. 49. FOX 17 has is awaiting word from Cheatham County for
confirmation.